【makana.fm ニュース】愛媛県・宇和島市とハワイの人々をつなぐ第25回えひめ丸事故慰霊式について

2026年2月9日、ホノルルにて開催予定であった第25回えひめ丸事故慰霊式は、悪天候により州の非常事態宣言が発令され、市立公園が閉鎖されたことから、カカアコ・ウォーターフロント・パークでの公式式典は中止となりました。
しかし、急遽、Japan-America Society of Hawaii事務所にて、限られた人数による非公式の慰霊式が執り行われました。

本年は宇和島から、ご遺族2組（水口夫妻、牧澤姉妹の計4名）をはじめ、宇和島藩伊達家13代当主・伊達宗信氏、宇和島ライオンズクラブ関係者8名、市立宇和島病院の医師1名および研修医5名（同病院とハワイ大学医学部との交流事業参加者）が参列されました。

Ehime Maru Memorial Associationの詳細については、以下のウェブサイトをご覧ください。https://www.jashawaii.org/ehime-maru-memorial-association-1

https://www.jashawaii.org/events/25themma

The 25th Ehime Maru Memorial Ceremony, which had been scheduled to take place in Honolulu on February 9, 2026, was canceled due to severe weather conditions. Following the issuance of a state emergency proclamation and the closure of city parks, the official ceremony planned at Kakaʻako Waterfront Park was called off.

However, an informal memorial service was held on short notice at the office of the Japan-America Society of Hawaii, with attendance limited to a small number of participants.

This year, attendees included two families of the victims from Uwajima—four family members in total (Mr. and Mrs. Mizuguchi, and the Makizawa sisters)—as well as Mr. Munenobu Date, the 13th head of the Uwajima Date family; eight representatives from the Uwajima Lions Club; one physician and five medical residents from Uwajima City Hospital, who were participating in an exchange program between the hospital and the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine.

写真提供: 宇和島市参列者 清家修造様

Photographs provided by Mr. Shuzo Seike, member of the Uwajima City delegation.